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Friday, January 30, 2009

I am teaching a card class next weekend. The participants will make 50 cards. There will be a variety of different types of cards and they will make more than one of some of the cards. Below are some samples of cards that are a part of the class.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

I was just visiting Hands,Head and Heart. She has a great request for cards for children in the hospital. She has lots of blog candy available for participants. They have a large number of cards needed and are looking for any volunteers they can find. For more information please click Here Hope you can help out.

I will be gone this weekend, but hope to make some cards for this request soon.

Snapshot border is cut off and the rest is cut down the middle.This creates the bottom border and the two picture borders.I used a piece of Colonial White Cardstock for the base. Iused stamp sets D1330 Connections ( I love this stamp!!!)

Below is a close up of one of the cards. This card is made from 1/2of a 9X9 simply snapshots piece of paper. I added a small piece ofchocolate cardstock, waxy flax, and ribbon. The flower stamp is from

They posted a sketch today and I think my card looks alot like that sketch turned on its side.

Close ups show detail . The Thanks(From Ms Gardner stamp set) is stamped on a Love Always Tag. The little lady's background comes from the 9X9 Simply Snapshots Thats Amore paper. I challenged myself to see what all I could do with this paper. Come back through the week for more ideas .

Sunday, January 4, 2009

My family had Christmas last weekend. It was late coming, but my sister works retail, so the holiday is a hard time for her to get off work. It went really well. We all had a great visit. There are a few missing, but it is hard for everyone to get together. Below is a picture of all of us. My Grandma in the middle is 82 and the youngest is 3 unless you look at my sister carrying the actual youngest that is due in March. I am looking forward to a new and healthy niece in March.

I wanted to put coordinating paper inside the pen, but the one I have was too small on the inside to take paper. If anyone out there has any ideas on what pen works best for this I would love to hear what type you all use.

This is a side view.The SOM D1339 Moments in Time has each set up of days and the name of the months seperate. The combination makes it a versatile stamp set. I used a removable adhesive to put each month together , so that after each month I peel to reveal the next month. The last month is attached to the plastic picture frame with glue dots.

Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing what type of pens everyone uses.

Friday, January 2, 2009

I realized this morning that I didn't have the pictures from New Years Day. They are on my friend Cheryl's camera. I board my horse at Rocking Horse Ranch in St. Clair Mo. It is a great place to board and they take great care of their animals. The pictures below were taken on Tuesday 12/30/08 after we had finished riding. My horse has changed so much in the last few years and I haven't taken many pictures. It isn't very good picture of me, but the horse looks good. If I get the pictures from yesterday I will post them because there was a 20 degree temperature difference. So all you could see of me was my nose. I was covered from head to toe. The last picture is of one of Cheryl's walking horses(Champ). He was looking for a treat.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Welcome New Year2009 started great. I went horse back riding today with some friends. It was cold, but worked out well. I hopefully will post a picture or 2 tomorrow morning before heading to my parents house for our Family Christmas. We have a lot of different work schedules that have to be worked around.

With the New Year comes resolutions. For me the last year has been a year of ups and downs. As some of you know I struggle with some health issue.

Goal #1 is to get healthy this year and spend less time as a couch potato. Today was a great start. We left the barn around 9: 30 . We rode at Indian Creek, Mo It was a wonderful day. The sun was out and there was a good breeze( Ha Ha ) BURRRR!! but it got warmer and ended up being a great day. Thank you to the inventor of Coveralls, thinslate, and anything else used on cold days.

Goal #2 is to be better at my jobs. Creativity and patience as I am a cardmaker and teacher.